1916 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1916 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Wexford (3rd win)
Captain Seán O'Kennedy
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Mayo
Captain D. F. Courell
Provincial Champions
Munster Cork
Leinster Wexford
Ulster Monaghan
Connacht Mayo
Championship statistics
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The 1916 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 30th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Wexford won the second title of their four-in-a-row. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Results

Connacht

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Leitrim 2–2 – 0–3 Sligo
Boyle
Leitrim 0–2 – 1–2 Roscommon
Elphin
Mayo 2–6 – 2–2 Galway
Athlone
Mayo 1–5 – 0–3 Roscommon
Castlerea
Attendance: 4,000

Leinster

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary Round
Meath 1–2 – 0–4 Laois
Croke Park, Dublin
Quarter-Final
Kilkenny 2–2 – 0–5 Westmeath
Croke Park, Dublin
Quarter-Final
Kildare 3–3 – 1–4 Louth
Croke Park, Dublin
Quarter-Final
Wexford Wexford win in a walkover Dublin
Wexford Park, Wexford
Semi-Final
Kildare 1–6 – 1–3 Kilkenny
Barrett's Park, New Ross
Semi-Final
Wexford 6–5 – 1–2 Meath
Croke Park, Dublin
Final
Wexford 1–7 – 1–0 Kildare
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Patrick Dunphy (Laois)

Munster

Munster Senior Football Championship

Kerry 2–2 – 0–1 Tipperary
Cork Athletic Grounds
Referee: T. Irwin (Cork)

Kerry withdrew from the Munster Championship after this victory. [4]

Cork 4–3 – 2–4 Waterford
Cork Athletic Grounds
Clare 3–1 – 0–0 Limerick
Listowel [5]
Cork 2–2 – 1–4 Clare
Clonmel [6]

Ulster

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Antrim W – L Armagh
Camlough
Cavan 2–3 – 0–1 Fermanagh
Wattlebridge
Monaghan 2–5 – 0–1 Derry
Clones
Monaghan 4–3 – 1–5 Cavan
Belturbet
Antrim 1–3 – 1–0 Down
Portaferry
Monaghan 2–3 – 0–2 Antrim
Clones

Semi-finals

Wexford 0–9 – 1–1 Monaghan
Carrickmacross
Mayo 1–2 – 0–2 Cork
Athlone

Cork made an objection and a replay was ordered.

Mayo 1–2 – 1–1 Cork
Croke Park, Dublin

Final

Wexford 3–4 – 1–2 Mayo
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Pat Dunphy (Laois)

Statistics

Miscellaneous

References

  1. ↑ "Football Results 1911 – 1940 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ "1916". Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "Munster Championship", Meath Chronicle, 5 August 1916, p. 1
  6. ↑ Cork's Lucky Double, Irish Independent, 4 September 1916, p. 5
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